Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News On KOFY 7PM 20161028 : compar

Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News On KOFY 7PM 20161028

Leaving muddy tires and wet remayormen. Thanks for joining us, im ama daetz. There is only one day that is forecasted without rain. We have Live Team Coverage on what this storm today, which is going to keep soaking the bay area through morning. We begin with weather anchor spencer christian. Spencer . Reporter you can see how wide spread the rain is now. Several pockets of light to moderate rain are falling now in the north bay. Between santa rosa and to vallejo and golden gate, San Francisco is getting rain now. Lets show you bettest spots. San francisco is getting rain and its just spreading widely. Here is our storm impact scale. Our current storm ranks two, producing generally half an inch to inch for most areas but moreover the hills. At 7 00 this evening, notice getting into later hours, the rain becomes much heavier, that will continue the pattern into early tomorrow morning, it will be assuming a wet, messy morning commute. 7 7 00 tomorrow morning many areas of heavy down pours. And there is more Stormy Weather still to come. Abc7 news was in san afterel before the storm today. Other pines are stressed because of the drought. Alisa harrington is live with how crews spent the hours before the rain started. Alisa . Im along 17th and folsom. This is one of the will helying areas that does flood from time to time. We saw one vacuum Truck Driving around. Making sure the rain drains properly. Its all wind and rain. Were up against Mother Nature and might have stormrelated damages. Pg and e spokesperson says they have out extra crews. We worry about trees toppling over and taking down power lines. She recommends keeping food and flashlights onhand. They have had barriers out there. One area in San Franciscos mission district. Ed into barriers could go up if there is enough rain. This is the second rain weve been preparing for. We have had crews who are going to clear the catch basins. Rachel gordon says it will be great for people to pitch in and keep areas clear. City crews came to this area yesterday and dropped off sandbags for residents and businesses. Alisa harrington, abc7 news. Thank you. And it is a day to use windshield wipers. More is a look at the conditions on the san mateo bridge. No rain and no traffic. Heavier rain moving into the south bay now could slow the evening commute and cause mudslides in the hills. Chris nguyen is live with that part of the coverage. Chris . No rain here in downtown san jose. We know it is coming and have been keeping an eye on our abc7app. And you can see some of the trees that line the alameda. Crews will be keeping an eye. The wind has been coming and going but no problems to report as people make their way through the area. Drivers are used to their commute coming to a halt. Add in rain and it becomes more miserable. Spin outs, wrecks, jump starts. Lock outs. Roadside auto repairman jim house has been responding to Service Calls more than 20 years and expecting a busy night ahead. Pay attention to tires. Air pressure. Slow down and be curtis. Abc7 news was responding to multiple accidents thut the day. Going up, these people were left in disbelief. On the way down, a car crashed into a guardrail. This driver got help but didnt mind rain. Were going through a drought now, of course, and we need regrowth up in this area. Up in the santa cruz mountains, todays rainfall could bring mudslides within the recent loma fire burn zone spanning 45 acres and rocks could with a sign of soil instability. Jim crawford says its important to be aalert. If you live in an area prone to flooding it doesnt take a big storm sometimes. Its more about the rate of rain that falls over a period of time. So if we have an inch or more per hour, we can see small flooding in communities. These drivers hoping for a smooth ride as they head home for the evening. And sections of the alameda here in san jose have been known to flood when it rains. You can bet these drivers are happy that the rain is holding off for now. So hopefully, the rain comes as the traffic dies down. This storm is expected to linger long enough to mess up the morning commute. Being track it, when you wake up we have live doppler 7 and you can enable push alerts. We have breaking news out of new york. La Guardia International airport is shut down right now, after the airplane carrying republicae pence slid off the runway. Happened about an hour ago, it was pouring rain at the time. The plane came to a stop at the fence. Cnn producer elizabeth handiers tweeted this video showing how ripped up it is. In a tweet just minutes ago, pence said thankful everyone on the plane is safe, grateful for our First Responders and concern and prayers of many. Back on the trail tomorrow. In the east bay, people in the normally quiet city are on edge after a string of home robberies. Some were Home Invasions. Eric, we spoke with one of the victims. I did. Police say some of the information about these has been a bit misleading. They say many happened on the citys periphery, some may be gang related and three, officers pulling down overtime, looking for leads. Youre seeing more signs where people are having Home Security systems installed or putting in their own surveillance cameras like this one at josies home. Josie doesnt want her face shown. I said what do you want . He said i rang the wrong bell. Neighbors say the man jumped into a car and drove off. They, and police, believe the vehicle and men are linked to a rash of robberys. Were doing everything to catch the people responsible. There have been 14 robberies in piedmont this year. Often, they involve guns. Three were Home Invasions. The chief says theyve solved one of the Home Invasion robberys. Just a great arrest by one officer responding to the last Home Invasion that we have caught the suspects. Some are nervous. Renee, who doesnt want her face shown, had her home broken into three years ago. The recent robberies stirred up bad memorys. Biggest fear is that they were within the house. I would have a heart attack. Josie Still Believes piedmont is safe. Im not scared. I got my husband, my son, my neighbors are watching out for me, my dog. Police say there are good leads on other robberies including the Home Invasions. In piedmont, eric thomas, abc7 news. Coming up next, a unique bay Area Football Team makes history on espn 2 tonight. Were rif on campus to explain the communication skills on, and off the field. Next. Plus. New mac book pro are the unique features just made. And. Accomplished is a map of u. S. Water quality at the homeowner tap. New at 6 00, the resource a team is tapping into to prevent another water crisis like the one in flint, michigan. And one more look at live doppler 7. Were going to continue to track the storm throughout the newscast. Stay with us at 6 00 to find out what the next storm will here is a live look outside from san rafael. Heavy rain is expected in the bay area through tomorrow morning. Were tracking with live doppler 7. Spencer will return with the forecast in just five minutes. Today, apple took the wraps off the new line of lap tops called of course mac book pro, featuring a glass bar promises will be indispensable to high level users. David louie is live to show us what this bar can do. Those keys across the top of the Computer Keyboard that say f 1 to f1 2 are being replaced with a glass bar that will make it operate like an ipad. You can touch it, swipe it and control applications with it. Apple picked an historic week to reveal a new line of lap tops. This week, marks the 25th anniversary of our first notebook. The new line comes with a new glass bar that displays special functions. They change depending w application theyre using. You can manipulate things without actually interfering with what is going on on the screen. High end users be using the touch bar. People like having that full screen to look at what theyre creating and abilities on the task bar. Another feature is touch id that makes purchases payment service. Having touch id will help move that forward. They announced a couple days ago there are hundreds of thousands that accept apple pay now. It just started a month ago. Apple boasts these are thinner and lighter and with a hefty price. A team from twitter showed off to show off an app from apple tv. Twitter announced its laying off 9 of its work force and shutting down its vine app. New at 6 00, kia and hyundai came to a settlement with california resolving allegations the two companies didnt correctly state the fuel economy of certain models from 2011 to 2013. Both agreed to represent miles per gallon in the new vehicles. Happening now, a high school Football Team is Getting National exposure. The team already captured attention because all of the players are hard of hearing or deaf. Abc7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez is live where the game started. What . An hour ago . It did. And is very exciting. Tonight theyre facing woodland high near davis, california. The eagles so far are killing them, 220. If they win tonight, theyll have nine wins and only one loss. Excited and nervous. Theyve known about this for a long time. At this pep rally, the excitement and love for the game was expressed with hands. This is the California School for the deaf in fremont. And tonight, their Football Team is closer to stardom, appearing on espn 2. They can sense it. You know . You can see the clapping. Last year, the team was featured in this documentary. They were seen calling t using. Many opportunities to prove theyre no different than any other all american Football Team. That helped people see us, see our lives, see us. After that aired, five players transferred here. Today, coach Warren Keller introduced them. The programs help deaf children navigate throughout the rest of society. Csd is only one of two Public Schools for the deaf. They start as early as preschool, going through high school. People dont know about the deaf schools or struggle with interpreters here tonight well show that there are lots of options available. Many options with one outcome. Success. In fremont, abc7 news. Ill give you a look at where the most significant rainfall is occurring at this moment. Well take you into the central part of the bay area from north bay down to san rafael and eastward to vallejo, light to moderate rainfall closing in on San Francisco, south San Francisco and san mateo into oakland now. You can see darker greens here indicating moderate rainfall that represents rainfall. Rain drops on the camera lens. Temperature readings in the low readings, 59 degrees in half moon bay. This is the view from our Golden Gate Bridge camera. 59 in novato. And we have reports of delays of 1520 minutes. A weaker storm, another storm comes in this weekend. Here is our storm impact scale. We rank from 1 to 5, and current storm, one that will last into tomorrow, ranking two on the impact scale and moderate intensity producing up to an inch of rainfall. And here is our animations. Into the later hours of the evening, the rain becomes more wide spread. Down pours will be more wide spread. By 5 00 in the morning, commuters are going to be pounded with heavy rain. Exercise caution and give yourself extra time. Look what happens later in the day. Rain breaks up into Little Pockets of light rainfall and showers. Tomorrow night, winding down and wet. Rainfall totals we project will be around three quarters of an inch to the central part of the bay area. So all parts of the bay area will get a good soaking from the storm. Overnight, low temperatures on the mild side, about 60, 61 degrees, tomorrows highs from low 60s on the coast to mid and upper 60s near the bay and inland. Here is the accuweather forecast. So this current storm impact scale, will be accompanied by strong, gusty wind on sunday. Monday, halloween, well have a dry break there. There is a chance of rain with yet a third storm tuesday. If you see unusual weather send us pictures or videos. And ill put them on abc7news. Com. A World Record Holding sailor has disappeared after leaving San Francisco to set a record. Next, the clues left behind because she doesnt know that it kills 40,000 californians. Every year. Because she doesnt understand what cancer is. Because she cant spell emphysema. Because she is a butterfly, who fights fires. Because she is my daughter, and the Surgeon General says that raising tobacco taxes. Is a proven way to make sure she never smokes. Thats why im voting yes on 56. One of the worlds top sailors is missing after a world record attempt that began in San Francisco looks to have ended in tragedy. Kristin zee is here with the lost at sea story. Kristin . Reporter this is the 50yearold who holds the world record for sailing around the world, solo. This is video put out by his racing team. He was trying to claim a world record for crossing the pacific on his own. Search crews located his trimoran600 miles west of hawaii. Helicopters dropped rescuers onto the vessel and found a broken sail, his personal belongings and life jacket, but no sign of the man. Peter hong was one of the last people to see him and he can only guess he unhooked his safety harness to fix his boat. Sometimes, in order to reach a particular piece of equipment, that happened. He was not tied on at the time he went overboard. Reporter the search has been suspended after covering 4600 square miles. Thank you. An east bay family sees their sons accused killer. Why they say a program paying young men not to commit crimes needs to be shut down. Learning to code while incarer yated. Curriculum that made its way inside of a San Francisco jail, ahead. When abc7 news at 6 00 continues, spencer will be back rain drops dot the lens of our camera and were going to before we get to that, lets go to new york. We have breaking news. A plane carrying Donald Trumps running mate, mike pence slid off the runway when it landed. No one was hurt, you can see pence walking off the plane. That is in queens, la guardia airport. 37 people on board, two officials from the Port Authority told abc news the plane would have slid onto the highway if the crushed conclean barrier had not been there. But add that is where why its there. Take a look at the rain outside. From a storm going to bring heavy and steady rain to the bay area. Abc7 news was downtown earlier today. North bay gets the most rain when storms come through. Traffic is backing up as you can see in this live picture. Its quite a mess. You can see it continues to rain over most of the bay area and the rain is becoming more wide spread now covering a greater expanse of the region. Moving along here to our forecast animation at 7 00 this evening, and well see pockets of heavy down pours into late night and overnight. So lots of heavy rain, and pooling and puddling so do exercise caution. Here is what to expect. Showers, wet for the morning commute and if you see a photo or video, share it with us. Thank you, spencer. A family of a suspect part of a Controversial Program that pays to in part turn their lives around. Javante prothrow was a father, today, he saw the 19yearold charged with his murder for the first time. It made me sick. Its like he doesnt care. Like its a joke. Police say rice shot and killed prothroe here on september 19th. Were at a great loss. Rice was a fellow in the office of neighborhood safety, a Mentorship Program started by devon bogat that pays young men for work they do and meeting goals, it is funded by a combination of private donations and taxpayer money. Earlier this month, bogan spoke about rices arrest. Were not paying anyone to stop shooting. This is a Life Leadership Development opportunity. It just so happens to be designed for young men who are suspected of being active lethal firearm offenders in the city of richmond. There is no program in this world that can pay a criminal any money to tell me theyre changing the streets. You can see where were standing today. Bogans disagrees. He says 75 are not in a crime. This is the work. This is the work. There is no way that you should pay killers not to kill and they kill. They still have guns. Its ridiculous. I want it shut down. Im going to do everything in my power to shut it down. Rices mother said she had no comment. In richmond, abc7 news. The young woman at the center of the Police Sex Scandal that rocked seven Law Enforcement agencies in the bay area has a new life now. The iteams dan noyes with a look at what changed. Her lawyers took serious measures to keep her away from places and habits that landed her in controversy. For six weeks, the 19yearold disappeared from the public eye, part of a security protocol launched that includes safe houses and a bulletproof vest. We took every precaution to protect her. And 247 guards . Well, we have had protection from the time weve had her, yes. Jasmine and her family have security and there has been a change in the legal team. Details coming up at 11 00. I hope you join us. Dan . We will. Interesting. Thank you. Now, to your voice, your vote, today, San Mateo County announced voter registrations hit an alltime high and number is expected to climb higher. This tee shirt, you can see it here, got one man turned away from the Elections Office today. Mark de

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